stäl, st. m., _place, stead_: dat. sg. þät þu me â wære forð-gewitenum on fäder stäle (_that thou, if I died, wouldst represent a father's place to me_), 1480. stælan, w. v., _to place; allure_ or _instigate_: inf. þâ ic on morgne ge-frägn mæg ôðerne billes ecgum on bonan stælan _(then I learned that on the morrow one brother instigated the other to murder with the sword's edge_; or, _one avenged the other on the murderer_?, cf. 2962 seqq.), 2486. ge-stælan, _to place, impose, institute_: pret. part. ge feor hafað fæhðe ge-stæled (_Grendel's mother has further begun hostilities against us_), 1341. stede, st. m., _place, -stead_: in comp. bæl-, burh-, folc-, heáh-, meðel-, wang-, wîc-stede. stefn, st. f., _voice_: nom. sg., 2553; instr. sg. niwan (niówan) stefne (properly novâ voce) = denuo, _anew, again_, 2595, 1790. stefn, st. m., _prow of a ship_: acc. sg., 213; see bunden-, hringed-, wunden-stefna. on-stellan, w. v., _constituere, to cause, bring about_: pret. sg. se þäs or-leges ôr on-stealde, 2408. steng, st. m., _pole, pike_: in comp wäl-steng. ge-steppan, w. v., _to stride, go_: pret. sg. folce ge-stepte ofer sæ sîde sunu Ôhtheres (_O.'s son_, i.e. Eádgils, _went with warriors over the broad sea_), 2394. stede (O.H.G. stâti, M.H.G. stæte), adj., _firm, steady_: nom. sg. wäs stêde nägla ge-hwylc stýle ge-lîcost (_each nail-place was firm as steel_), 986. stêpan, w. v. w. acc., _to exalt, honor_: pret. sg. þeáh þe hine mihtig god ... eafeðum stêpte, 1718. ge-steald, st. n., _possessions, property_: in comp. in-gesteald, 1156. ge-stealla, w. m., (contubernalis), _companion, comrade_: in comp. eaxl-, fyrd-, hand-, lind-, nýd-ge-stealla. stearc-heort, adj., (fortis animo), _stout-hearted, courageous_: nom. sg. (of the dragon), 2289; (of Beówulf), 2553. steáp, adj., _steep, projecting, towering_: acc. sg. steápne hrôf, 927; stân-beorh steápne, 2214; wið steápne rond, 2567; acc. pl. m. beorgas steápe, 222; neut. steáp stân-hliðo, 1410.--Comp. heaðo-steáp. stille, adj., _still, quiet_: nom. sg. wîd-floga wundum stille, 2831. stille, adv., _quietly_, 301. stincan, st. v., _to smell; snuff_: pret. sg. stonc þâ äfter stâne (_snuffed along the stone_), 2289. stîð, adj., _hard, stiff_: nom. sg. wunden-mæl (swurd) ... stîð and stýlecg, 1534. stîð-môd, adj., _stout-hearted, unflinching_: nom. sg., 2567. stîg, st. m., _way, path_: nom. sg., 320, 2214; acc. pl. stîge nearwe, 1410--Comp. medu-stîg. stîgan, st. v., _to go, ascend_: pret. sg. þâ he tô holme [st]âg (_when he plunged forward into the sea_), 2363; pl. beornas ... on stefn stigon, 212; Wedera leóde on wang stigon, 225; subj. pret. ær he on bed stige, 677.